'Disintegration' is the finest album The Cure ever constructed, featuring a consistently brilliant atmosphere on a level the group never quite managed before. Albums like 'Pornography' were immensely dark but suffered the tiniest amount from omnipresent melodrama, and that?s precisely why 'Disintegration' is a better album - because it takes all the captivating angst and darkness from the past, but expresses said emotions with a newfound grasp of subtlety and sophistication, so that any of the issues that held previous efforts back are simply erased; overcome; bettered. This is truly the work of a master of its field; the master being The Cure and the field being alternative rock. 'Disintegration' is more than just merely the best Cure record - it's one of the greatest alternative rock albums of the entire decade.

'Disintegration' is an album that I feel is incredibly overrated. While others see this as an incredibly emotional record that is one of the best of all time, my ears tell me that it's a byproduct of the 80's, full of cheese and basic songwriting. The production is nice, and tracks such as "Lullaby" and "Fascination Street" are decent, but the album as a whole is too lengthy, too predictable, and it doesn't break the confines of typical 80's pop music.

This is their second best album behind "Pornography". The second album in the trilogy according to Robert Smith that defines The Cure's music. This album takes you from a more somber-happy state to a sad state past "Last Dance" as the track "Lullaby" begins into the descent into depression. The depression seems to be at its pinnacle at "Disintegration" and "Homesick". I find the most comfort in those songs on this album. Coming after the desperate "Prayers For Rain", "Disintegration" seems to be the breakdown and "Homesick" is the realization of one's depression. I don't understand why they didn't just end the album with "Homesick". I don't like "Untitled" that much and I find it to be the only minuscule flaw on this near-perfect album. That is the reason why I believe this album is second to "Pornography". Everyone has heard of "Lovesong" from The Cure if you grew up in the late eighties as a teen. I was exposed to this song as a child, it was not until I was 14 when I listened to "Lullaby" and realize the depressing nature of this album. I listened to the whole album when I was 15 and I realized what true depression felt like. Now that I am 18 and more mature, I understand every theme that runs through this album. r

From the lonesome Plainsong to the end of the album, Disintegration bleeds loneliness and human emotion. Solemn, but a true rock record, The Cure's opus is a master plan of emotion in only the way Robert Smith could do it-by making a ridiculously depressing record.

One of the finest crafted albums ever, but I have to say, I can understand when someone would say they don't like this album. It is indeed an album that requires a lot of attention and multiple listens to fully grasp its sound, and it's not easy for just anyone to get into. You never HAVE to like an album, but you can at least put some effort into appreciating the classics. Lullaby is also one of my favorite Song/Video concepts of all time.

The Cure's mopey, rain-filled panoramas form the perfect landscape for Smith's pale sob. Such self-obsessed, gloomy existentialism, sprawling with synths and stretched out production, could have sounded very bloated in the '80s kind of way. Thanks to the strength of the songs and their arrangement, they never do.

One of the most influential gothic rock, post-punk records of our day. The music that has followed in its footsteps will never really be able to top it. It was the original of its kind and it can't and won't be touched.

A wicked recording from goth-rock/post-punks favourite sons. The Cure really hit their dark, brooding stride in terms of sound with this one. Though I'm not nearly as familair with their entire body of work, this seems to bear the representation of this band that I've come to know. I'm not sure if this is the best place to start for someone getting into this band, but I'm definitely looking for more after this.